Had the original on wiiware it seemed to be really well received by reviewers but I just never took to it, can't quite remember why now but it was one of the few wiiware games I regretted buying, that muskateers game still remains the worst wiiware game I ever played though, that was much worse.

I want more than a tease, but this is very cool nonetheless. Really great game idea that would benefit hugely from more expansive content. The game play is already in a good place. It just lacked a little in variety (and online play).

Probably, which means I'll eventually pick it up on Steam as I don't own a Wii U. I could see this being neat with the gamepad though.

I expect the gamepad is why they have only announced this for Wii U so far. AFAIK the WIIware & 3DS versions sold the most so it makes sense to stick to Nintendo consoles first but the exclusion of the 3DS announcement makes me think they wanted to try some cool stuff out with the gamepad.